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Jacqueline W. Lucas, MPH, Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, MSPH and Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD

Jacqueline W. Lucas is with the Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Md. At the time of the study, Daheia Barr-Anderson was with the Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, and Raynard S. Kington was with the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Building 1, Room 126, 1 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892 (e-mail: kingtonr{at}od.nih.gov).

Objectives. This study sought to describe the health status, health insurance, and health care utilization patterns of the growing population of immigrant Black men.

Methods. We used data from the 1997–2000 National Health Interview Survey to examine and then compare health variables of foreign-born Black men with those of US-born Black and White men. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine health outcomes.

Results. Foreign-born Black men were in better overall health than their US-born Black counterparts and were much less likely than either US-born Black or White men to report adverse health behaviors. Despite these health advantages, foreign-born Black men were more likely than either US-born Black or White men to be uninsured.

Conclusions. In the long term, immigrant Black men who are in poor health may be adversely affected by lack of health care coverage.

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